Wikislippy:Selected anniversaries/May 18

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• May 18:
• 1910 – The Earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley.
• 1958 – An F-104 Starfighter sets a world speed record of 2,259.82 km/h (1,404.19 mph).
• 1969 – Apollo 10 is launched.
• 1990 – In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new rail world speed record of 515.3km/h.